Who knows if the Texas Rangers can make history and run back their World Series run from last year, but one thing is for certain: If they can get another banner to hang, they won’t have to wait long at all next year to hoist it.
The Rangers will open the 2025 season at home on March 27 against the Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball announced Thursday as it released team schedules for the upcoming year. The Rangers will open with a four-game set against the Red Sox. The March 27 opener will be the earliest in Rangers’ franchise history.
The Rangers follow the opening series with a trip to Cincinnati (March 31-April 2) and also have a trip to Wrigley Field to face the Cubs from April 7-9, leaving open the possibility of weather-related complications in two typically cold-weather cities with uncovered fields. There are, however, scheduled off days after each of those two series.
Since MLB went to a balanced schedule for all 30 teams in 2023, every team faces every other team at least once. The Rangers will host Atlanta, Colorado, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami, Milwaukee, Philadelphia and St. Louis in interleague play. They will travel to face the Cubs, Cincinnati, New York Mets, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco and Washington. It is the inverse of this year’s slate of interleague games. The Rangers will also play three-game home-and-home series with Arizona.
Game times will be released at a later date.
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Some highlights of the schedule:
Finishing on the road: The Rangers play three games at Cleveland to finish off the season Sept. 27-29. Their final homestand is against Miami and Minnesota.
Athletic dates: The schedule does not list games at OAK, since the Athletics are leaving Oakland, or at Sacramento, their designated temporary landing spot. It list series at ATH (Athletics) April 22-24 as part of a week-long jaunt to Northern California (they will visit San Francisco April 26-28). MLB has acknowledged issues with Sacramento’s summer heat and artificial playing surface. Texas will also play the Athletics on the road from August 29-31.
Home stretch: The Rangers are primed to come out of the All-Star break hot. They play 18 of their first 25 games at home after next year’s All-Star Game in Atlanta. That includes series with Detroit, the Athletics, Atlanta, the New York Yankees, Philadelphia and Arizona.
The flip side: Between June 3 and the All-Star break, the Rangers could be weary travelers. They play 25 of 37 games on the road, including a 10-game trip to San Diego, the Los Angeles Angels and Houston leading into the break.
Ohtani: Barring a World Series matchup in October, the All-Star Game Home Run was Shohei Ohtani’s only appearance in Arlington in 2024. He will be back with the Dodgers April 18-20 for a three game weekend series that ends a week of games against the greater Los Angeles teams.
The Yankees are in: The Yankees and Aaron Judge make their only appearance of the season August 4-6.
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